The budget for the MSAH's administrative sector for 2011 is about €11.6 billion, some 23% of the state budget.

Social expenditure and its financing

Social expenditure mainly comprises

• pensions
• sickness and unemployment security spending'
• the costs of social and health services.
  

Private insurance, social and health care patient and client fees or personal liability in health insurance are not calculated in social expenditure.

Social spending in Finland was

• €55.0 billion in 2010
  
• €52.4 billion in 2009
  

This is almost 31% of GDP, which is cloce to the EU average. Social spending adjusted to per capita purchasing power puts Finland on the EU average.

Social protection in Finland is financed as follows

• employers pay 37%
• insured pay 11%
• the state pays nearly 27%
• municipalities pay 18%

The remaining 6% is covered by return of social protection funds.

Services - financing and expenditure

Social and health care in Finland is mainly financed by taxation. The state pays social and health care subsidies to municipalities. The size of the subsidies depends on the size of the populations of the municipalities, and on their age structure, unemployment rate and other factors.

Municipal financing and expenditure

Municipal social and health expenditure was €18.6 billion in 2009. This was 56% of total municipal spending.

The main outlays were for

• specialized medical care  - €5.1 billion
• primary health care - €3.8 billion
• services for older people and people with disabilities - €4.0 billion
• child day care and care allowance - €2.6 billion.

State subsidies for operating costs in 2009 absorbed about 30% of statutory municipal spending. Client fees covered about 9% of expenditure. The remainder was paid for by the municipalities themselves.

Health care expenditure

Health care expenditure for 2009 was about €15.7 billion, or 9.2% of GDP. This has remained below the OECD average.

The main expenditures were for

• specialized medical care  33%
• primary health care 18%
• dental care 6%
• occupational health care and student  health care 4%
• pharmaceuticals 14%
• health insurance reimbursements for private health care 6%
• institutional care for older people 5%
• investments 5%
• other 8%

The breakdown of financing for health care spending in 2009:

• municipalities 35%
• state 25%
• health insurance 15%
• households 19%
• other private sources (e.g. insurance institutions) 6%.